Wednesday - July 10, 2013

Andrew Russell | Tribune-Review - Dan Cunningham (center) and Frank Tome, both of Bridgeville, clean muck out of the basement of the Owls Club on Baldwin Street in Bridgeville on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.

Andrew Russell | Tribune-Review - Tony Sikorski 71, of Bridgeville sweeps standing water out of his garage after heavy rains caused severe flooding in Bridgeville, Wednesday. Sikorski moved to Bridgeville after losing his family home when Carnegie flooded from Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

Barry Reeger | Tribune-Review - PennDOT workers try to clear debris from high creek waters at Guffey and Turner Valley roads in North Huntingdon on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.

Barry Reeger | Tribune-Review - Denis McCormick catches one of his 11 displaced Japanese koi in the receding floodwater in his yard along Hoza Way in Mt. Pleasant. His yard flooded with 2 feet of water as a result of the rainstorms which soaked the region. A full story on the flooding in the borough and additional photos appear on Page 3. Photo taken Wednesday, July 10, 2013

JC Schisler - Marilyn Mance, owner of Executrim Family Hair Salon & Wig Center, reacts to her business being destroyed by flash flooding that occurred behind her building on Bower Hill Road in Scott on Wednesday morning, July 10, 2013. A large storm pipe and drain behind her building were overpowered by the severe rain waters. Mance said this isn't the first time the building has been affected by the drain. She and her husband, Frank, own the building, which is home to two other businesses. Those businesses also were destroyed.

JC Schisler - A foam head and other debris from Marilyn Mance's business, Executrim Family Hair Salon & Wig Center, is strewn along Bower Hill Road in Scott after stormwaters flooded her building and washed past Painters Run Road. Flash flooding from heavy rains on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, devastated parts of the region.

Justin Merriman | Tribune-Review - Ginny Manius tries to keep floodwaters from reaching her home along Noblestown Road in Oakdale on Wednesday afternoon, July 10, 2013.

Justin Merriman | Tribune-Review - Rennerdale volunteer firefighter Daniel Bright carries Cheryl McLuckie to safety from her home along Noblestown Road in Oakdale as floodwaters surround her home on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.

Jasmine Goldband | Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh Public Works Don Walden of Sheridan works to open a auto catch basin in Hays. The drains are clogged with mud from rain and thunder storms causing flooding in the area.

Jennifer R. Vertullo | Daily News - Firefighters and utility crews evaluate conditions along Irwin and Polk streets in Elizabeth, where Fallen Timber Run flooded its banks and destroyed roadways in the small neighborhood on Wednesday.

Cindy Shegan Keeley | Daily News - Jill Bonner of Lovedale Road in Elizabeth Township surveys the damage of her grandfather's truck after the bridge connecting their driveway to Lovedale Road was washed away during this morning's heavy rains.

Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review - People wade through the floodwaters near an abandonded truck along Clinton Avenue in Oakdale after heavy rains battered the town on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The driver of the truck had to be rescued from the vehicle.

Jasmine Goldband | Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh police work to get trucks turned around along Route 51 southbound at the intersection with Route 88 on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Overbrook. The northbound side of Route 51 was closed on Wednesday afternoon because of the flood conditions.

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